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Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
Contributor(s): Brown, Don (Author)
ISBN: 0544586174     ISBN-13: 9780544586178
Publisher: Clarion Books
OUR PRICE:   $11.69  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2017
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Disasters
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - General
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Modern
Dewey: 363.349
LCCN: 2015458266
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6.4" W x 10" (0.60 lbs) 96 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Real Life Heroes
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 175216
Reading Level: 5.6   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 1.0
 
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Publisher Description:

Sibert Honor Medalist ∙ Kirkus' Best of 2015 list ∙ School Library Journal Best of 2015 ∙ Publishers Weekly's Best of 2015 list ∙ Horn Book Fanfare Book ∙ Booklist Editor's Choice

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina's monstrous winds and surging water overwhelmed the protective levees around low-lying New Orleans, Louisiana. Eighty percent of the city flooded, in some places under twenty feet of water. Property damages across the Gulf Coast topped $100 billion. One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three people lost their lives. The riveting tale of this historic storm and the drowning of an American city is one of selflessness, heroism, and courage--and also of incompetence, racism, and criminality.
Don Brown's kinetic art and as-it-happens narrative capture both the tragedy and triumph of one of the worst natural disasters in American history. A portion of the proceeds from this book has been donated to Habitat for Humanity New Orleans.


Contributor Bio(s): Brown, Don: -

Don Brown is the award-winning author and illustrator of many picture book biographies. He has been widely praised for his resonant storytelling and his delicate watercolor paintings that evoke the excitement, humor, pain, and joy of lives lived with passion. School Library Journal has called him "a current pacesetter who has put the finishing touches on the standards for storyographies." He lives in New York with his family.

www.booksbybrown.com

Instagram: @donsart